Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/12/07 21:20

nappy wrote:
> "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:KdidndONsomFXZLanZ2dnUVZ_v6rnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>>>
>>> Rick Merrill wrote:
>>>
>>>> What tool/software do you use to upload?
>>> Wouldn't you just copy/paste to the drive you're going to use for
>>> editing?
>>>
>>> Gary Eickmeier
>> No need to: with an NLE (non-linear editor) the editor will open the files
>> on the FS100 as fast as you need them.
>>
>> I have just read the fs100 manual and confirmed with firestore support
>> that the files are NOT combined into a single file. They are PLAYED BACK
>> as IF they were a single file, but of course that takes real time to
>> transfer over firewire - at the receiving end Windows XP and Linux s/w
>> will capture the results INTO a single NTFS file.\\\
>
> yes.. They are two files with a reference file on the FS and one file after
> upload.

That does depend on what TYPE of files one is recording. I record on
16bit audio, DV25 files and my experience is with those.

But the fact remains that NO file on a Firestore can be larger than
1.9GB, at this time.

>
>> In the manual the words "single file" refer to the capture of SNAP
>> pictures, not to video stream.
>>
>> In other words if you use disk "files" you still have the "2GB" limit
>> and about 15 separate files to deal with, Not a single file.
>
> That's what I had hoped to imply.
>
>> To summarize, to get a single file requires realtime (playback). To
>> copy as disk files you get a batch of files. To use as IF it were
>> a single file an NLE will make the collection transparently LOOK as if
>> they were a single file, but they are not.

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